telegraph

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Security officials urge family members not to telegraph appearances at charity events or to post on social media about vacations or other activities that pinpoint their locations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Patla compared the situation to communication before the telegraph, when handwritten letters crossed oceans by ship and replies took weeks or months to return.

From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025

I had tried to telegraph to the group that coming back was not a given, and I think the fact that a long time that elapsed also made that clear.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

The most powerful solar storm ever recorded was the Carrington Event in 1859, which knocked out telegraph lines across the globe.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

In theory, a detective in Cincinnati could telegraph a few distinctive numbers to investigators in New York with the expectation that if a match existed, New York would find it.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson